Perforated note-sheet for musical instruments.



G. N. MCMILLANQ PBRFORATED NOTE SHEET FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1911.

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PERFORATED NOTE-SHEET FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29,1912.

Application filed July 24, 1911. Serial No. 340,060.

- To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that. I, GI BERT N. MoMn.- LAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shclburne. in the county of Coos and State of New Hampshire, have'invented a new and useful Improvement in Perforated Note-Sheets for Musical Instruments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to protecting, reinforcing and fastening means for the ends of perforated note sheets or music rolls of the kind which are commonly used in self-playing musical instruments and which are drawn over a tracker-board by being wound from one spool onto another. These rolls ordinarily have a tapered or V-shaped ad- Vance or leading end provided with a ring or other device adapted to be attached to a hook or device on the driving spool. The

attaching ring is usually secured to the sheet by a reinforcement which is confined to the apex of the V-shaped end and thus formsa thicker spot at this pointanddraws the sheet from the center, thereby leaving the tapering edges unprotected so that they become easily torn or mutilated. In such event the sheet does not center exactly on the spool come these difliculties by providing perforated note sheets or music rolls of this kind with an end protecting, reinforcing or fastoning means made of strong flexible material, which extends throughout the width of the sheet and serves to protect the tapered edges of the sheet and center the same on the roll, and which is of such shape and pro portions as to form a layer of substantially uniform thickness about the spool, to insure the even winding of the roll upon the spool and an even tension throughout thewidth of the sheet; also to soconstruct the rein forcement as to adapt itto form a protective layer around the roll after being wound on the spool.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a face view of a music roll having a reinforced end embodying theinventiomshow ing the same attached to the winding spool. Fig. 2 is a View of the end of the roll wound upon a spool. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. l is a fragmentary view showing a roll completely wound upon a spool. Fig. .5 is a section similar to Fig. 3, of a slightly modified construction.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the note sheet and B B the flanged spools upon which the note sheet vis adapted to be wound. The spool for the advance end of the sheet is generally provided midway of its length with agroove or recess?) in which is located a stud, hook or other suitable holding device b to which the end of the note sheet is adapted to be attached. These parts may be tl1e.same as ,are'ordinarily used, or of any suitable or desired construction.

C represents the end fastening or remforcement, which can be made of any suitable thin, strong and flexible material, such as cloth, paper, or analogous material. This reinforcement is preferably made V-shaped, as shown in t e drawings, and is pasted or otherwise securedto the end of the roll in any suitable manner. The reinforcement 1 extends laterally to the full width of the note sheet so that the edges 0 thereof are adapted toengage the end flanges of the spool, and the dimension of the reinforcement longitudinally of the note sheet is slightly less than the circumference of the spool, so that the apex of the V enters between the legs thereof and the outer edges 0 'of the reinfol-cement almost meet and are parallel with the inner edges 0. thereof when the reinforced end is wound upon the spool. The reinforcement shown has straight inner and outer edges, but it'could be of other shape adapting the inner and outer edges to ex- -tend parallel with each other when wound on the spool without overlapping and forming a ridge or leaving an underlying wide gap bet-ween them. ment is wound upon the spool, it forms a practically unbroken layer of substantially uniform thickness once around the spool, extending from edge to edge of the note sheet, thereby forming an even surface upon which the note sheet can be wound. By making the width of the reinforcement equal to the width of the note sheet, the side edges 0 of the reinforcement will coact with the,

hen the reinforce i I claim as my center the l insure the .the spool l the l edges of the roll. g-

Any suitable or usual fastening ring or device D by which the end of the roll is attached to the spool may be secured to thel reinforced end of the note sheet. This ring can be secured to the sheet by an integral extension 65 of the reinforcement passingl through the ring and pasted to the body portion of the reinforcement or the note sheet. This manner of securing the ring produces less of a hump than if a separate attaching loop were used, but the attaching ring or device can be secured to the note sheet in any suitable way. If the ring or device D is subjected to a pull or jerk,the 1 force is transmitted b the reinforcement over the entire width of the music sheet, so that the liability to tear the sheet is practically eliminated. When the note sheet is rewound on its holding spool as shown in Fig. 4, the reinforcement serves still another purpose, namely, to form an outer protective covering or envelop for the roll, to protect the outer layers thereof from injury while the roll is being placed into or removed from the instrument.

The reinforcement C may be secured to the upper face ofthe note sheet, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, or to the lower face thereof, as shown in Fig. 5.

invention:

1. A. note sheet for musical instruments ,having a reinforcing piece of substantially uniform thickness which is secured to the extremity of the sheet and extends from edge to edge thereof and which is adapted to be wound upon the driving spool and to engage with the flanges of'said spool to center the sheet on the spool, said reinforcing piece being of a length longitudinally of the note sheet throughout the width of the note sheet to form a layer of uniform thickness extending substantially once around the driving spool and substantially 1 from end to end thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. A note sheet for musical instruments having a V-shapedreinforcing piece of substantially uniform thickness which is secured to the extremity of the sheet 'and is adapted to be vvound around the driving spool, and which has parallel inner and outer edges, said reinforcing piece being of a length longitudinally of the note sheet throughout the width of the note sheet to form a layer of uniform thickness eXtend-' ing around the driving spool and substantially from end to end thereof, substantially as set forth.

3.'A note sheet for musical instruments having a reinforcing piece of substantially uniform thickness which is secured to the extremity of the sheet and extends from edge to edge thereof and'which is adapted to be wound upon thedriving spool, said reinforcing piece being of a len th and shape adapted to wind around sai spool, with its inner'and outer edges substantially meeting on parallel lines, to form a layer of sub stantially uniform thickness around the spool, substantially as set forth.

4. A'note sheet for musical instruments having a reinforcing piece of substantially uniform-thickness which is secured to the extremity of the sheet and extends from edge to edge thereof and which is adapted to be wound upon thedriving spool, said reinforcing piece being of a length longitudinally of the note sheet round the spool and having diverging portions which extend from the middle of the note sheet to the side edges, thereof to distribute the pull on the note sheet throughout the width of the sheet, substantially as set forth.

lVitness my 1911.

hand, this 20th day of July,

' GILBERT 'N. MCMILLAN.

\Vitnesses ALFRED R. Evans, S rrrr-r E. MCMILLAN.

to substantially sur- 

